This is going to my watercolor class today for help, but I am in a quandary over how to do the finished line. I've tried pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, and black ink. Now I'm narrowed down to blue and/or brown ink and have been mixing my own color combos. But I wonder if the REAL issue is that the illustration still isn't reading well on a paint only level. This is still without any finished outline. The thing at the tippy top is a bird looking into the telescope contraption. The focus is the little girl, her dog, cat, and telescope-y thing. Any critique appreciated.

There is so much to do before going to New York. I'm trying to get up earlier and earlier each day, but when it is so dark outside still and there is a dog AND a cat curled up on you, like snuggle-prison bars...